{Day 45/365} Dried flowers

As you might remember, on my birthday, one of my friends gave me this lovely bouquet made by her mum. I love the flowers so much that I want to preserve them and that's why I hung them out to dry. Now let's hope that they won't be ruined by the autumn weather..!

{Day 42/365} Treasuring rain free moments

Today it has been raining a LOT, so we (my cousin whom I look after today) and I stayed inside most of the time. I helped her with her homework and afterwards (as some kind of a reward) we baked cookies. We had to get outside to get the ingredients, and that's when I shot this beautiful flower. 

{Day 38/365} Friends and flowers

So, more flowers! I couldn't resist posting this lovely bouquet, which I got from a dear friend. I couldn't take my off of them while studying today.

{Day 37/365} Flowers from mum

Tonight I had a spare minute to play around with my new camera, and I took a picture of these flowers from my mum's garden. She gave me the piece on my birthday. 

{Day 23/365} Drawing

Next Wednesday I have a midterm exam, so I have to study a LOT. But during the study breaks I try to do something relaxing, and today I tried to draw. To be honest, I really can't draw. But I want to learn how to, so for a while I stared at a digital copy of an amazing tutorial guide for beginners. You can find some nice pages form (and a link to) the book on my special drawing board on Pinterest. 

{Day 14/365} Vintage books

Recently I developed an interest in gardens, plants, herbs, flowers, etc. Not because I've got this amazing garden, unfortunately I just have a small balcony. It's just that I have the hope that one day, I will have a beautiful house, with an amazing garden. For now, I just extend my collection of these vintage books and enjoy the gorgeous drawings in the books. 

{Day 8/365} Symphoricarpos albus

For me, this weekend is all about reading articles and other study-related things. To make everything a bit more pleasant for myself, I went outside for a short walk around the block, after finishing a presentation. It had just rained for a couple of hours, so everything looked like this snowberry plant (symphoricarpos albus) I saw during my walk. I think it looks amazing.

{Day 5/365} Marigold

The day before yesterday a package from Maine, USA arrived. It was a blind surprise swap, and the biggest surprise were the dried marigold flowers/seeds from my partner's own garden. Recently, I started collecting flower seeds for a future garden, so I was beyond happy with the marigold seeds. Can't wait until the day I have my dream house with enormous dream garden full of lovely flowers. 

{Day 2/365} Aglais urticae

Exactly one week ago I went to see my mum and she has this amazing garden. Seen the fact that I only have a small balcony, I enjoyed every moment I spent in her garden. The many butterflies (this one's called small tortoiseshell) I saw in her garden made me think about their life cycle and development in general.